List of Phillips Academy Heads of School

This is a complete list of the Principals of Phillips Academy since its founding in 1778.[1] From 1778 to 1928, the title was "Principal". In the year 1928, the name was changed to "Headmaster", and finally with the appointment of Barbara Landis Chase, the title was again changed to "Head of School".[2]

No. Image Head of School Accessus Exitus
1 Eliphalet Pearson, LL.D. 1778 1786
2 Ebenezer Pemberton, A.M. 1786 1793
3 Mark Newman, A.M. 1795 1809
4 John Adams, A.M., LL.D. 1810 1833
5 Osgood Johnson, A.M. 1833 1837
6 Samuel Harvey Taylor, LL.D.[3] 1837 1871
7 Frederic W. Tilton, A.M. 1871 1873
8 Cecil Bancroft, PH.D., L.H.D., LL.D. 1873 1901
9 Alfred Stearns, LITT.D., L.H.D., LL.D. 1903 1933
10 Claude Fuess, PH.D., LITT.D., L.H.D., LL.D. 1933 1948
11
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 John M. Kemper, L.H.D., LITT.D., LL.D. 1948 1971
12
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 Theodore Sizer, PH.D., PED.D., LITT.D. 1972 1981
13
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 Donald McNemar 1981 1994
14
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 Barbara Landis Chase 1994 2012
15 John Palfrey 2012 2019
16 Raynard S. Kington 2020 current
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References
  1. The majority of the list was compiled from the 1973 Edition of the Constitution of Phillips Academy Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, Salina Press, New York, NY, 1973
  2. The Constitution of Phillips Academy Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, Salina Press, New York, NY, 1973
  3. George Adams (1853). "Education in Massachusetts: Incorporated Academies". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Printed by Damrell and Moore.
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